Jet-black Muraspec wallcovering, and Vescom wallcovering on the wall panels of a large conference room, at the Hilton London Metropole in Paddington in 2019.
At a glance
Client
Hilton London Metropole
Designer
–Not recorded
Main contractor
–Not recorded
Maker and paper
Muraspec; Vescom
Area or rooms
–Not recorded
Scope
Wallcoverings, including conference-room wall panels
Year
2019
Two jobs at the Hilton London Metropole in Paddington in the autumn of 2019: a jet-black embossed Muraspec wallcovering in September, and in November a Vescom wallcovering on the wall panels of one of the hotel’s large conference rooms.
At a glance
Hotel: Hilton London Metropole, Paddington
When: September to November 2019
Scope: wallcoverings, including the wall panels of a conference room
Wallcoverings: Muraspec (jet black), Vescom
Wall panels in a conference room
Panelled walls in a conference room are covered panel by panel. Each panel is wrapped so the wallcovering runs the same way on every one, and the edges meet the neighbouring panels on a clean line, because the room is seen all at once from the doors.
Photographs on this page
Our own photographs, first posted on our Instagram, @mrwallcover, in September and November 2019: the conference room first, then the wallcoverings and the hotel. The work is recorded in our posts of 29 September 2019 (B3AAo9sFAE_) and 27 November 2019 (B5XtSRtFedQ).
Photographs
How the commission ran
The same standards, on every commission.
Whether the client is a hotel group, a designer or a household, the job runs the same way. These are the parts a photograph never shows.
01
Survey and scope, room by room
We measure the wall that will actually be hung, allow for the repeat and the wastage, and write a scope of works room by room before anyone orders paper.
02
Preparation decides the finish
Walls are filled, made good and primed until they are true. If a wall is not ready for the material specified, we say so before the last drop is ordered.
03
Protection and containment
Floors, furniture and finished joinery are protected as part of the hang. Work is contained and the place is left tidy each evening. In a home we are visitors; in a hotel we work around the house.
04
Batch and shade control
Deliveries are checked against the measure, and batches and shading are managed so that a corridor of rooms reads as one surface.
05
Set out from the room's focal points
Pattern is set out from chimneypieces, doorcases and bed walls, so the design meets the cornice and the joinery with composure.
06
One team, then the return visit
The people who start are the people who finish. Four to six weeks after completion we come back to look at every seam and edge, and the workmanship is guaranteed for twelve months.
